When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough

Suzanne Gordon

Description

The reassuring bromides of "chicken soup for the soul" provide little solace for nurses-and the people they serve-in real-life hospitals, nursing homes, schools of nursing, and other settings. In the minefield of modern health care, there are myriad obstacles to quality patient care-including work overload, inadequate funds for nursing education and research, and poor communication between and within the professions, to name only a few. The seventy RNs whose stories are collected here by the award-winning journalist Suzanne Gordon know that effective advocacy isn't easy. It takes nurses willing to stand up for themselves, their coworkers, their patients, and the public.When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough brings together compelling personal narratives from a wide range of nurses from across the globe. The assembled profiles in professional courage provide new insight into the daily challenges that RNs face in North America and abroad-and how they overcome them with skill, ingenuity, persistence, and individual and collective advocacy at work and in the community. In this collection, we meet RNs working at the bedside, providing home care, managing hospital departments, teaching and doing research, lobbying for quality patient care, and campaigning for health care reform. Their stories are funny, sad, deeply moving, inspiring, and always revealing of the different ways that nurses make their voices heard in the service of their profession. The risks and rewards, joys and sorrows, of nursing have rarely been captured in such vivid first-person accounts. Gordon and the authors of the essays contained in this book have much to say about the strengths and shortcomings of health care today-and the role that nurses play as irreplaceable agents of change.

Sujets

• Médecine
• Nursing

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780801458644
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

When Chicken Soup Isn’t Enough

a volume in the series

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Edîted bySûàÉ GôôandSîôà NÉŝô

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WHEN CHICKEN SOUP ISN’T ENOUGH SôîÉŝ ô NûŝÉŝ Sàî U ô TÉŝÉÉŝ, TÉî PàîÉŝ, à TÉî PôÉŝŝîô

EDïTED BY SUZANNE GORDON

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Contents

Acknowedgments

Introductîon

Part 1 Set Up to Lose, but Playing to Win A CôÉ OÉàîô∙ Katheen Barthoomew Sàî PàîÉŝ ô D. DÉà∙ Tonî Hoffman A Éŝŝô ô É Pîçîà∙ Kathy Hubka TÉ DÉîçàÉ DîŝçàÉ∙ Ruth Johnson Nô PàîÉçÉ ô Pôîŝô∙ Brenda Care M. CEO, Wî Yôû Mà MÉ?∙ Candîce Owey ïôÉàÉ BÉàîô∙ Eeanor Gedard OÉ ïŝ OÉ Tôô Mà∙ Thomas Smîth A CôôàÉ CôÉ U∙ Jenny Kenda Sàçî É Càŝ î Oû Fàô∙ Ro Lîcata

Part 2 We Don’t Have to Eat Our Young MÉô Uô OÉŝ . . .∙ CoaR obînson-Bake A DôŝÉ ô Dîôàç∙ Donna Schroeder Sàî U ô Wà Yôû Dô’ Kô∙ Judy Schaefer BôÉ BôÉŝ à ïçÉ CÉà∙ Edîe Brous TÉàî Tàŝîîô Sôç∙ Judy Boychuk Duchscher TÉ E-Hàŝ Rôû∙ Amaîa Sáenz de Ormîjana

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Part 3 Excuse Me, Doctor, You’re Wrong EÉ/ï Aôçàç∙ Jane Back Aŝ ï É PàîÉ Cà HÉà Yôû∙ Carke Doty Dô’ Jûŝ A NûŝÉŝ à Sî∙ Janet Rankîn GôÉŝ O∙ Nancy Marîe Vaentîne TÉ OÉôôÉ Sô∙ Jo Stecher HôÉ î É Mîŝ ô TàÉ∙ Connîe Barden TÉ AààÉŝ ô AÉ∙ Marîon Phîpps A Exîàîô DàÉ ô ïîàç∙ Madeîne Spîers Wà HôŝîçÉ ïŝ Fô∙ Jean Chaîsson A RÉà Pàî∙ Paoa Scampere

Part 4 Not Part of the Job Description ï’ Cà î Sîç ï ï HàÉ Tô∙ Barbara Egger Dôî É HÉà îî∙ Martha Baker AàçÉ  à PàîÉ, AàôÉ  M Hôŝîà∙ Charene L. Rîchardson TÉ Sàûàî Sô∙ Anne Duffy O WÉ ï’ŝ SàÉ∙ Bernîe Gerard TÉ RÉ Sîŝ AÉ Côî∙ Mary Crabtree Tonges Nô Sàîŝ ô SîŝÉŝ∙ Beînda Morîeson

Part 5 When One Advocate Can Make a Difference Pûî ÉÉà ô É Mà∙ Saskîa R. J. Thîadens Aï çôÉîÉNû ŝÉ∙ Faîth Henson A SàÉ DÉîÉ ô DôÉŝîç AûŝÉ∙ Krîstîn Stevens Tô Dô É UîàÉ∙ Barry L. Adams TÉ O NûŝÉ ô MîÉŝ Aôû∙ Dagbjört Bjarnadóttîr MôÉ Tà Bôô-ôôŝ à Bà-Aîŝ∙ Judy Stewart Fîŝ RÉŝôÉŝ î É AïDS EîÉîç∙ Rîchard S. Ferrî

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Part 6Choking on Sugar and Spice: Challenging Nurses’ Public Image SîÉçÉ ûî É SARS EîÉîç∙ Dorîs Grînspun ï É Hàŝ ô AçàÉÉ∙ Caîre M. Fagîn R-E-S-P-E-C-T∙ Lîsa Fîtzpatrîck RÉà NûŝÉŝ Dô’ WÉà Wîŝ∙ Vîctorîa L. Rîch TÉ à î à ôû VôîçÉ∙ Jeanne Bryner Tàî ô É TÉîàô∙ Vîckî Bermudez DÉÉî É Nûŝî PôÉŝŝîô ôÉ DîÉ∙ Eîzabeth Kozub RÉàî É PôÉ NûŝÉ∙ Pîerre-AndréW agner HÉà Pôîç ô NûŝÉŝ’ Pôî ô VîÉ∙ Yuko Kanamorî MàÉ WÉ Sôû BÉ Bàî∙ Guðrún Aðasteînsdóttîr FîÉŝŝî É Càîà ô É Bôà∙ Caro Bount CàÉ ô Dû à 30,000 FÉÉ∙ Ann Converso

Part 7 Applied Research NûŝÉ Pï ô à Cîîçà Tîà∙ Katheen Dracup TÉ NÉÉ ô NûŝÉ Eàûàôŝ∙ TeresaM oreno-Casbas RÉŝÉàç à Nûŝî-HôÉ RÉô∙ Charene Harrîngton Hô NûŝÉŝ MàÉ ï Wô∙ Kathryn Lothschuetz Montgomery TÉàô ôû RÉŝÉàç∙ Lena Sharp KÉÉ Aŝî QûÉŝîôŝ∙ Sean Carke Nô MôÉ Màŝ∙ Jane Lîpscomb Tàî O CôÉîôà Wîŝô∙ Thóra B. Hafsteînsdóttîr

Part 8 Sticking Together Wîî RÉçôîîô ô Nûŝî ExÉîŝÉ∙ Edîe Brous A Uîô Jûŝ ô NûŝÉŝ∙ Massîmo Rîbetto WÉ RàîÉ ô TÉî PààÉ∙ JudyShe rîdan-Gonzaez PôÉŝî ô É RÉ CàÉ∙ Key DîGîacomo Sàî É CàÉ∙ Penny Connoy

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Part 9 Still Fighting TÉ MàÉ MîîÉ∙ Gregg Trueman Fîî ô Oû VÉŝ∙ EdmondO’Le ary WÉ AÉ É ExÉŝ∙ Karen Hîggîns A CôÉçîÉ VôîçÉ∙ Dîane Sosne WÉ Wî Nô BÉ SîÉçÉ∙ Caro Youngson Sàî B OÉ PàîÉ . Faîth Sîmon

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Acknowledgments

ï à ô à à É çôîûôŝ ô îŝ ôô ô ô- î ŝô îîÉ ô ÉŝçîÉ Éî ÉxÉîÉçÉŝ. ï îÉ ŝÉçîà àŝ ô JàîÉ SôÉ ô É Sôû Aîçà Fôû ô PôÉŝŝîôà NûŝÉ ÉàÉŝ, CàôÉ Tôŝô ô É NÉ ZÉàà NûŝÉŝ Oàîà- îô, Dàî HûÉŝ ô É ïîŝ NûŝÉŝ Oàîàîô, HÉîŝ SÉŝ- ôî ô É UîÉŝî ô ïçÉà Sçôô ô Nûŝî, CÉçîîà Sîôî ô VàÉŝÉ Hôŝîà à É UîÉŝî ô ïŝûîà, ïà, à A Gàçîà à É Nàîôà Aŝŝôçîàîô ô SûÉ NûŝÉŝ (USA) ô Éî É çôÉçî É î ŝôÉ ô É çôîûôŝ ô îŝ ôô. ï àŝô à AÉ RôÉô-Hà ô É ŝÉà Éîôîà ô. Eî Zôŝŝ àŝô ô- îÉ çîîçà àŝŝîŝàçÉ î ŝÉÉî ŝûç à àÉ ôû ô àûôŝ. M àîûÉ ôÉŝ àŝ É ô Fà BÉŝô à Sîôà NÉŝô ô Éî ŝûô. Fîà, ï ôû îÉ ô ÉxÉŝŝ  àÉçîàîô ô É àà- î Éîôîà, ôûçîô, à àÉî Éà à CôÉ UîÉŝî PÉŝŝ ô îî É Éî ÉçôûàÉÉ É îŝ îÉà àŝ î îŝ Éŝàîôà àŝÉ à Éî î î ô ûîîô. Bîî à ôô, îÉ àîŝî à çî, îôÉŝ à îàÉ ô ÉôÉ, à à ôû ô É É Éŝ.

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